Elizabeth Duncan Executed at San Quentin
Aug. 8, 1962 - Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan (pictured in 1959), a jealous mother who was convicted of hiring two laborers to kill her...
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Jun 25, 2022
Murdering Ex-Marine Undergoing Brain Tests in Jersey
June 25, 1962 - James H. Vance Jr., the 18-year-old former Marine who confessed to the killing of two teenage girls, began a series of...
Jun 24, 2022
Killer of Two Girls in Jersey Signs Confession
June 24, 1962 - Police said today that 18-year-old James H. Vance Jr. had signed a three-paragraph statement admitting he killed two...
Jun 23, 2022
Former Marine Charged with Murder of Two Girls in New Jersey
June 23, 1962 - An 18-year-old former member of the Marine Corps was charged today with the murder of two teenage girls whose bodies were...
Jun 22, 2022
Ex-Nazi Gets Life Imprisonment for Mass Murder
June 22, 1962 - A West Berlin court has sentenced Dr. Albert Filbert, 56 years old, a former colonel in the Nazi S.S., to life...
Jun 21, 2022
Two Girls Murdered in New Jersey
June 21, 1962 - The dead bodies of two teenaged girls who had been badly beaten were discovered this afternoon in a densely wooded area...
Jun 7, 2022
Brooklyn Mobster Joseph Profaci Dead at 64
June 7, 1962 - Joseph Profaci (pictured in 1953), Brooklyn mobster and reputed leader of a powerful underworld syndicate, died of cancer...
May 27, 2022
Manhunt Underway for Iowa Man Who Killed Five
May 27, 1962 - A young man ambushed and killed his aunt and uncle in their Iowa farm-house last night, then drove four cousins home from...
May 25, 2022
Frankie Carbo Chooses Alcatraz: "It's Cleaner There"
May 25, 1962 - Frankie Carbo went to Alcatraz Penitentiary today at his own request. The 57-year-old underworld figure had been in Los...
Mar 27, 2022
NYPD: Most Murders in 1961 Committed in Family Disputes
Mar. 27, 1962 - Most of the murders committed in New York City last year were not planned, nor were they associated with underworld...
Feb 14, 2022
Gallo to Serve Time in Rikers
Feb. 14, 1962 - Joseph Gallo, Brooklyn racketeer, was ordered today to serve a three-year term at Rikers Island Penitentiary for coercion...
Feb 7, 2022
Lucky Luciano Buried in New York
Feb. 7, 1962 - The Lucky Luciano story ended in New York City today. The body of the exiled gangster (pictured in 1931) was brought back...
Jan 29, 2022
Lavish Funeral for Lucky Luciano in Naples
Jan. 29, 1962 - A funeral service was held today in Naples for Charles (Lucky) Luciano. After the requiem mass, his body was put in a...
Jan 26, 2022
Lucky Luciano is Dead
Jan. 26, 1962 - Lucky Luciano (pictured on ground) died of an apparent heart attack at Capodichino airport in Naples today as U.S. and...
Jan 23, 2022
Former Mob Hitman Found Dead in Attica Prison Cell
Jan. 23, 1962 - Jack Drucker (pictured in 1939), 56, once associated with the Murder Inc. ring, was found dead today in his cell at...
Nov 29, 2021
Rockefeller Returns to New York as Hopes Dim for Missing Son
Nov. 29, 1961 - Governor Rockefeller ended his long journey home today, tired and drawn. Arriving at New York International Airport from...
Nov 27, 2021
Governor Rockefeller Heads Home as Son Remains Missing, Feared Dead
Nov. 27, 1961 - Governor Rockefeller of New York started home today from Dutch New Guinea after authorities there all but abandoned hope...
Nov 23, 2021
11-Year-Old "Bluebelle" Survivor Told that her Family is Dead
Nov. 23, 1961 - Terry Jo Duperrault found out for certain today that her family did not survive the mysterious sinking of the yacht...
Nov 22, 2021
Gov. Rockefeller Joins Search for His Son in New Guinea
Nov. 22, 1961 - Governor Rockefeller (third from right) of New York reached the capital of the southern region of Dutch New Guinea today...
Nov 21, 2021
Coast Guard Investigates "Bluebelle" Captain who Killed Himself
Nov. 21, 1961 - The Coast Guard, pursuing its investigation of the apparent mass killings aboard the sailboat Bluebelle, dug deeper today...
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